FASHIONS

Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1749, 10 July 1895, Page 3

FASHIONS

MIDWINTER MILLINERY.

Very Small Bonnets and Largo Hats Characterize This Winter’s Styles. Many of the evening bonnets are scarcely inore than headdresses.' The jet bonnet is an exceedingly popular one, as It suits the,* greatest number of dresses. Some little bonnets show the Marie Stuart form over i the face and a slightly of velvet atthebaok, and the college ia another favorite. Cerise velvet" rose.ttes . wings appear ouij&abyof the golden bonnets. fe; Large hats, of black velvet "and satin are much• worn jn. New York with tailor gowns. The small ItuteSian toque is also popular to wear in daytime with various gowns. It has a low, soft, long crown ofblack velvet, bordered with a narrows Of fur and trimmed with fur tails or pointed* ends of velvet wired in the shape of Mer-

! ; . 'r: V SATIN BONNET. TRENCH BAT. CLOTH HAT. cury wings. Numbered with large hgta is aFrench hat in the new shade of ciifiSgJjj! colored velvet, trimmed with pink roses; black tips and blaok velvet strings; black velvet rosettes at the baok. A charming little bonnet seen was ofe green satin, with crosyn of black jet, showibg the satin through its transparency; two jet daggers on. the'side of. crown; green antique satin softfolds around bunches of velvet yloiets at the' right narrow strings, which are tied in a bow with Short endß atthe side of the chin. A picturesque hat on exhibition, was in flame colored with bjank velvet and trimmed with a black satin bow in front; black tips at the back rested on the hair in company with a satin bow.

Gloves of the Season.

We find in the shops gloves from France, Germany, Italy and Great Britain as well . as gloves made in our own country. The pelts of numerous animals are contributed. For driving gloves reindeer and. antelope, goat and dogskins are employed. For ordinary walking wear men patronize largely the dogskins with heavy black points cut on the same principle as driving gloves, bufe hbvihg a smart appearance. Shiny of the fur topped, knitted and Koed gloves are of English make. Next in importance and for preference as regards quality many , place the French goods. From the French metropolis the gloves are of a fanciful nature, those known as the Louis Quinze . having bracelets of ‘ stitchery matching the points, either the glove being colored with black stitching, or of black kid with colored stitching. For

NOVELTIES IN GLOVES. evening wear up to 16 button length there are mousquetaires in pale shades of suede and kid, stitched with any color to match the gown. The evening gloves of French kfd include some of the rarest and most beautiful tint 3 now being worn. From Paris, too, come the perfumed suedes, such as the Princess of Wales always wears. Also those in real Russian leather. The chrevettes are among the best and ..most expensive gloves in the market. - They are of the finest baby goatskin, and are soft and flexible. The very best hands in the factories are employed to these. The kids and suedes from the same center of the glove-industry are worthy of notice. In the case of the latter there, ru'e gussets between each of the fingers, to insure a more'perfect fit,, but none dt the thumb. The colors include some dainty grays, .■mushrooms and fawns, stitched and pointed with thick white silk.,.

For. day wear there are gloves in reds, russets, tana and browns. Some of these have two rows in tho narrowest stitching in black, red white. There are some very fine kid in four or six buttons in lovely tones of ochre, beaver, tan 4 and mushroom, X stitched with black. For evening wear the same glove is.sOld with-the back of the hand quite plain* •- ' , ; •,' - ' .. ’v ’ • • •. • - Fashion Bre^tles. ■ French dressmakers have accustomed us to incongruous effects in trimmings.' One of the most striking of this season’s visiting dresses is of black moire antique with a V close fitting bodice composed ,of moire,:astrakhan and ecru lace. ‘ vThebow dress merits minute description. A skirt of black satin, not over full, with -fiat bows, of the material carried down each • seam and a similar trimming in a straight line round the hem. The bodice is made with jacket fronts cut straight, bordered with small Batin bows, opening over a black > front. . ■ • •' ..... . jw Many outdoor jackets are In a dark tint “' of fawn cloth, with-a triple flounced basque /at having a raw edge; a. turn down collar, large ;sleeves and fur at the neck. .Another had wide- flap seams, the whole of the bodicfe and basque apparently ~; tucked. These just meet a difficult want, a stylish garment for a young girl. .T Among pretty trifles are folded velvet collar bands in the newest shades, ready to wear with any gown—an invention of which many modish women will doubtless avail themselves. The negligee tea jacket—all soft silk and lacfr-ris little worn. The, newest models are ail trim in appearance. The old fashioned mode of hairdressing, now revived, m to wear the hair combed down over the Mrs, though not exactly fu 4foy.-trf-.iff, wffleh our mothejs ahd:grahd%wherkaffected..